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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

True Prep: The Preppy Handbook Sequel

From the author of The Official Preppy Handbook comes a new take on the old world that Lisa Birnbach turned into an international best-selling phenomenon thirty years ago.

True Prep looks at how the old guard of natural-fiber-loving, dog-worshipping, G&T-soaked preppies adapts to the new order of the Internet, cell phones, rehab, political correctness, reality TV and . . . polar fleece.

A small sample:

• Wardrobe: Recent prep brands we are forced to recognize. How to tell Casual Friday from, say, Saturday.• Money: We never talk about it.• Food: Does the Food Network mean we’re going to have to cook? Bake? Now you’re going too far.• Scandals: Poor Mrs. Astor. When Mummy’s plastic surgery goes terribly wrong. Rehab and the slammer: the new prep schools.• We’re outta here: When to name something after yourself, and when not. The right obituary. What to do with your dogs if you predecease them.• NO TEXTING AT THE TABLE, PLEASE.